Felgate will stand or fall by success rate

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DAVID FELGATE finally can be himself. No longer the behind-the-scenes figure who drove Tim Henman to be the best that he could be and simplified the lives of Xavier Malisse and Mark Philippoussis so that they could concentrate on how to strike a fluffy ball, Felgate emerged into the front line yesterday charged with delivering British tennis the raw material from which it might — just might — find a champion again.

That the LTA eschewed recent trends in football, cricket, swimming et al and appointed a Briton to determine the future of a British sport was, it insisted, merely